Latale: A Memory's Venture
Chapter 12: Farcical Papers, Farcical Adventures
Hey people! Sorry for extremely late update.
Dragon Nest sure came in the way... anyway i am resuming work here and this fic is not being left forgotten... NEVER!
I'm sure everyone knows what a cephalopod is.. so no biggie..
3 boss fights, Coa, Capt Johnny(i really hate his name) and Kraken. i want to add Calamity Jane but that'll include perverted stuff.. so no...
K guys Enjoy read and review... THANKS!
"Why are you crying?"
"I lost my toad" A brown haired boy said to the person who asked him.
"Was it dear to you?" A woman with long curly brown hair said to the boy.
"Yes, it was my only friend." The boy continues to cry.
The woman with brown hair enclosed the hands of the boy with hers and a small light shone from it, the woman removed her hand and the boy saw his toad in his hands.
"But how did you-?" The boy said but when he looked at the girl he was talking to, but she was gone.
Kyiin's POV
I woke up earlier than the rest, all of them are deep asleep, and so I wanted to prepare them something rather than just stare in space unproductively. I rouse myself up and got out of the tent, the sun isn't even in view yet the sky was still a pale teal colour. I immediately went to the ocean to spear some fish, luckily, Raavi left his toolbox outside and I grabbed his Cherry Soul Spear and started to hunt. Along the way I caught some crabs and little fishes that swim in the shallows. I ventured farther and farther from the shoreline and I realized that Sophia's court is an island across the ocean, If continue to swim will I be able to find that graveyard? will find more answers? Who am I? And why do I want to search for Iris? Sometimes I believed too hard and forget the reasons why. But I am still as bent as ever in finding her, and when I do I must ask what happened before and why did I lost my memories? Why can't I seem to jog them back, and why does Sophia keep telling I have lived for a hundred years already, I don't look like that, do I?
"You're up early" the pink haired Elemental Master said behind me.
"Oh Corelle, I happen to wake up and wanted to make you guys something for breakfast." I said happily at her.
"So Greedy for appreciations are you?" She said
"What?"
"Listen, about yesterday at the court whatever Phyllis told you, don't believe it." Corelle firmly said.
"Actually I might just believe her, she is the only one who makes sense between you and Sophia, I don't know who to believe." I say defensively.
"Then believe in me." Corelle says
"If you want me to believe you, you have to tell us everything you know from now on." I say angrily at her.
*sigh* "alright Kyiin, if you want me to tell you. Then I shall." She says calmly.
"There are 7 seekers, each seeker represent a sin. Then there is what we call the Origins, each member of Iris' Party was an Origin, an Origin is said to be the source of the sin, each seeker is fated to be killed by the Origin he or she has aligned with." She says darkly.
"If that is true then I will be killed by the origin of sin which I represent, which is?"
"Greed." Corelle said to me flatly
"Am I greedy to you?" I say defensively.
"In a way, yes, but the sin is not self induced, As Cruz's story the immortals where assigned to scatter the sins and inhibit the seekers with them. You are inhibited by the sin of Greed and will eventually consume you at your weakest state. So to say, inside you lies the true content of the shard that represents Greed and will take over you if you only let it. That's what happened to Symphony, and the rest of the seekers including me." Corelle said to me.
"this explaining thing is hard, if just come with me, you'll understand better." Corelle says as she takes her clothes off.
"Wait, what the hell are you doing Corelle?!" I shouted turning away
"Oh shut up Moron, We're going for a swim, take of your clothes too, I don't want to dry anyone with my magic it's a form of abuse to it." She says as she floats in front of me wearing only her underwear.
"Why where are we going?"
"Somewhere deep." She answered.
I took off the top of my Rubashka, "Hold your breath." Corelle spoke before she drag me down deeper into the ocean.
Luli's POV
Again Corelle and Kyiin went missing, they are very secretive about what they have found and what they are up to. I started to doubt mine's and Raavi's existence to the both of them. Just because they're both seekers doesn't me they have to leave us to fend for ourselves. They aren't fair, if this party isn't trustworthy enough to each other, then I guess we best disband…
My thoughts are suddenly interrupted by Raavi's presence. "You know, you don't have to envy those two all the time." He said as if he read my thoughts. He looks troubled, his face isn't his usual bright and smiling.
"I'm not." I say in defense.
Raavi seems to return his smiling face. "Shall we train now?" He says happily
"Train on what?" I questioned
"Your Spatial Abilities silly, You are the Black Immortal"
"Oh, but I wonder why you know so much, you're not one of the seekers, and I don't see you living for like a century already." I asked as I walked along with him.
"Well, I don't actually know Everything, I just heard the legends and stories, and actually I got tons of help from Sophia in my Adventures, so basically I know all about what's going on."
"the seekers, seven right, the legends tells a seeker comes again after the last died." I say deep in thought.
"Yes that's true, but of course, there are some complications about that legend, something that calls for the powers of time."
"Cruz.." I softly say remembering the moments that the two of us would just go out and explore places, and all this time, he knew about this chaotic scenario happening to our world.
"Yes, he was ordered by Sophia to transport certain seeker to another's merging their journeys together, that why, we get a very complicated series of events because all the events happen in the past, are due to the present and vice versa." He explained.
"Well, I know you won't get that, So shall we start training?" Raavi asked me.
"Let's begin." I say whole heartedly.
Kyiin's POV
Corelle drags me down to the abyss, until I can no longer breathe the I try to hold my breath for as long as possible until Corelle and I arrive to wherever she drags me too, but the depth is getting too deep, the weight of the water starts to crush me, my breathe unable to hold any longer, I'll drown soon enough.
My breathe fails to hold any longer, I open my mouth released a number of bubbles and I feel water starting to pour into my mouth, Suddenly Corelle kissed me, no, not really, she gave me air to breathe, of course it's just what she exhaled, the much needed air is still not available, she continuously breathes through my mouth as she guides me to underwater cave. The weight of the water much heavier now, the desperate need for air was too strong for me, even if Corelle breathes through me and I breathe through her. From the bottom of the underwater cave, I saw a faint light, she guides me to rise up, and we let go of each other's lips and swam as fast as we can to the surface.
Coughing, puking salt water and trying to regain as much breathe as possible, I gave up lie on my back looking at the ceiling of the underwater cave, trying to regain breathe now, At first there was just silence both of us trying to regain our breathe, then Corelle stood up. And walked towards the dark path leading to wherever it is.
"We could've died. "I say exhausted with no breathe.
"Well we aren't right?" she answers
"And how are we supposed to go back to the tent? I am not going back to that situation again!" I shouted.
"Relax, she'll find us." She answers blankly.
"Oh and by the way, you're a terrible kisser" She says to me insultingly
"Luli will be disappointed" she laughed
I ignored her statements knowing she'll tease me even more
"Why did you drag me here?"
Luli's POV
For a couple of hours me and Raavi spent training trying to hone my abilities to no avail, Even if knows a lot, He still can't know exactly what I should do or feel to be able to manipulate space.
Corelle and Kyiin haven't even shown up at all. I'm already starting to worry, but I wanted to focus on trying to master my abilities, As of now, I'm the most useless person in the party, Corelle is great at combat and has wide information about this chaotic scenario, Raavi has all the tools we need, and Kyiin can fight with his eyes closed, as for me, I'm a simple bard that heals wounds after the battle, I can't heal during because my casting takes too long and easily disrupted, if it comes to a point where my healing is a necessity at a battle, I won't be able to give it, and we'll all die because of it, plus my water skills are weak I know at least 4 skills but unable to perform any further. I know that mastering this spatial thing was my last chance to become a bit useful, and maybe Kyiin won't kick me out of the party for being such an envious lazy ass.
With that in mind going over and over again, I desperately tried to gain control over space. After a few more hours, I gave up and sat on a rock near me, Raavi seems depressed I gave up, but then something changed. My vision it isn't clear, there were black smoke coming out of everything. Did I do it? I ask myself for at least six times before realizing I have to try it somehow, I concentrated on a boulder a few meters away from us and looked at the smoke, it was stable, with a flick of my hand from a distance, the smoke moved back, and so did the boulder.
Raavi shot me with an amazed look. I looked at him there is no smoke from him, and when I looked again, there wasn't any smoke from anything, I realized my abilities are based on my vision.
"Wow, that's great!" Raavi shouted.
"Too bad I can't do it anymore." I say sighing
"What? Why?" He asked
"Because I now know when I can use these abilities, and as of now I can't" I say defensively
"Well, there's always a limit, maybe we pushed too hard today." He says giving a shrug "Shall we continue tomorrow?"
I nodded.
"Great Job by the way, Ms. Black Immortal." He says jokingly, though I don't appreciate it.
"Please don't call me that." I say insulted or maybe just irritated
"It's already past noon, where are those two?" I inquired.
"Oh, let them be, Seekers will always be seekers." He says happily, I'm glad he's back to his natural attitude.
"Oh Raavi, would you care to continue your story?" I say cutely at him, tugging his sleeve.
"What story?" He asked confused
"About you and this music box." I say smiling at him, at the same time threatening him not to say no.
"I guess it could pass the time." He said as he headed to tent and change to swimmer clothes. "Come on let's go for a swim."
Kyiin's POV
"I like the view in this cave." Corelle answered.
"So dragged me all the way down here, almost killing us in the process, just for the underwater cave view?"
"Basically Yes, I used to come down here just to think." She says flatly.
"Why of all places, here?" I asked insultingly.
"Because this place is special, take a look around you'll see."She answered while touching a stalagmite.
"Hey don't." I shouted at her.
She looked at me confused.
"Stalagmites die or stop growing when you touch them." I answered sheepishly
"Funny how you know those stuff, when you don't even know yourself and what this world's about." She answered silently.
"I know weird stuff." I scratch the back of my head and chuckled silently.
She continue to hold onto the stalagmite, until a faint blue light started to shimmer, the light pulsed throughout the cave, letters, or some kind of hieroglyphics etched on the walls glow in bright blue light.
I gasped amazed by the sight of the glowing blue cave we are in.
"Pretty huh." She says sitting down to the stone floor.
"It's beautiful." I say still amazed by the sight.
"Why this place?" She sort of asked herself directing an answer to me. "Because this cave is the midway between the Abyss and the Orca Sea."
"Abyss?" I asked, getting ready for another mindfuck I'm not even prepared to listen to.
"There are two places called Abyss, one is underneath, and one is above. The Abyss underneath is called Atlantis by the Ignorant people. Just because it sank, doesn't mean it became an Abyss. They named some areas there, Abyss Ruins and all sorts of names, oblivious to the existence of something deeper."
"Okay I'm getting mindfucked." I say happily at her, trying to lighten up her mood.
"The Abyss above is where the Original of Chaos resides, and where all seekers end up dying."
"The Leviathan and the Origin of Chaos, what is their purpose in this world?"
"The Leviathan is in charge of collecting the sinful souls that died in the process of giving birth to the Origin of Chaos. The Leviathan sleeps where the Ocean creates its alternate surface."
"At world's end. Where everything is dark and dull, the monster lurks guarding the epitome of the existence itself." I say like I already knew it long ago.
"You remembered. Great." She answered.
"The epitome of existence. It's the same person as-"
"The sorceress of existence" We say in unison.
"Sophia.." I silently uttered
"So the Court isn't an isolated island, its an island underneath!" I say with much realization.
Corelle claps her hands and smiles at me.
"And if this is the midway then-" I say with much horror.
There was light patting in my head. "It means coming here, will let me transfer myself from one existence to another without the help of the Immortals." A voice said behind me.
I stumbled toward Corelle trying to find any weapon at dispense; I left my Gulliver Gloves at shore. Sophia was standing right in front of us. Unthreatening but still, her presence with us is quite ambiguous.
"Calm down, Dumb, I'm not here to battle." She says coldly.
Corelle seems to be unfazed by her presence. "Since you're here why not tell us everything?" She says flatly.
"That would be uninteresting right?" Sophia answered delightfully, "Tell you what, if you manage to follow my clues to find the Malice's Shard, or should I say, the shard of Gluttony, I'll tell you one fact at a time." Sophia smiles "Well then, I should be going, I have more chaos to subdue." Then in a flash she was gone.
"What was that about?" I asked Corelle.
"*sigh* I thought she was going to give us something more useful than that, Well then. I t seems we have no choice; we need to find the shard of Gluttony." She says standing up.
"And how do we do that?" I asked. "Raavi knows." She answered.
"And how are we going to get back? Because I'm certainly not going back to that deep water."
"Relax she's is going to find us." Corelle answered smiling and pinching my cheek.
Luli's POV
Raavi dragged me at sea, he looked weird in his swimming costume, he wears a life jacket, very short shorts, and goggles with an air tube.
We dive to the sea together. I held in his hand as he drags me down. I can say I pretty much can hold my breath for a long time, Me and Cruz usually plays in the river near Belos, we would play who can held her/his breath underwater and I'll always win.
But something was bothering his hand, while I held it, there are flashes of white, I see something strange, like I can look unto his memories or something.
First I see a young blue-haired boy wandering the streets of Aioch, but in his wanderings he just continue pacing even there is huge battle engaging in front of him, armies from both the Dark Moon Castle and the Owl Castle wage wars against the other, ensuing the chaos the boy continues to pace, oblivious to the dangerous battle.
A white ring appeared between the groups of battling ninjas, a woman form between, if I remembered correctly that would be Sophia.
"This is pathetic!" she shouted amongst the crowd, the crowd cease to fight and put their attention to her, and in a moment they all lunged at her.
A pulse emerged from her and echoed within the walls of Aioch. The ninjas all of them are fading like dust.
"Existence I forbid thee." Sophia said before facing the young boy amidst the battle, it seems the boy wasn't affected by the pulse and now he was only standing innocence etch in his face as he face the brown-haired whimsical sorceress
"Chon Palm's pet, you are late. This scenario is not for you, the ensuing chaos created by the Origin of Chaos isn't going to affect you until you let it, and thus my duty is to keep you away from it." She said
"I bet you are hungry, just in time you shall eat soon enough." She says before disappearing
Another flash I was back underwater, still holding my breath as long as possible. Though I don't have problems yet, and Raavi seems to drag me further down the Ocean. Then another flash.
This time it wasn't a what I could see, but I was in it, more like a technology research facility, considering all these tubes and wires that drape down the floor, blue light flicker between the walls, electricity spark through the wires underneath, metallic sounds emanating form the doors up front, I walk up to it, a cream haired woman, walks away, a doll, rested atop the controls, I peered through the glass, there was a boy, purple hair I think, floating between a big glass cylinder tube. I looked at him more closely, He opened his eyes. I was shocked and stumbled down the pile of skulls, the mass begins to form black smoke, the same I see when I can control space. But there was a difference, the skulls were talking.
"KILL HER, KILL HER" all the skulls say to me at my head, It was painful like each word pierced my head. I covered my ears and head out the door where the cream haired person went.
I was back in Belos. Home sweet Home. But the streets are deserted. I wandered around, Of course I know all of its places, I stood silently in Mirin's Doll stand, the same doll I found atop the controls it was in Mirin's shop, and I remember that, that doll was there, I saw it.
There was ongoing chaos, not one I remember A Death MG, with what it looks like Raavi was atop, while another Girl with short blonde hair seems to be chasing each other, the battle ensued, until the Death MG finally pierced into the stomach of the Girl, Raavi's eyes, black as night, not normal, something was odd. Only what was it.
Raavi's black eyes returned to their normal purple. And he hurriedly approached the girl who now is covered with her own blood, at the moment of her dying. Raavi wailed, in her hand, was a small box dyed in blood as he slowly gives it to Raavi. That seems to be the music box I found in the loot in Fairy Castle, look like this is Raavi's story on how he owned that music box, but why was it found in Fairy Castle? How did it end up there?
There was a blue light approaching, and with a flash we were out of the water to a blue lighted cave.
Near the edge of the cave, Corelle and Kyiin stand admiring the view of the cave, Raavi and I crawled up to the floor trying to catch our breath.
"Told you she'd find us." Corelle say to Kyiin.
"Whoa how did you-" Kyiin asked confused
Raavi laughs. I can't respond because my breath is running short.
"Well" Raavi stands. "Shall we get a move on?"
"Let's go, Sophia clues lead to a few instance dungeons." Corelle says
"Easy as hell, The dungeons she chosen are those not in the path of the seekers, by doing so we provide her with more entertainment. Each dungeon will provide us with a clue to where the Nostrum of the Azure Chasm is kept." Raavi finishes
"Nostrum of the Azure Chasm?" I asked.
"The Nostrum of the Azure Chasm is a magical serum that can engrave the Durendal powers to gain entrance to the Abyss of above."
"So we are heading toward the Origin of Chaos?" Kyiin asked.
"Of course, we have to vanquish her existence." Corelle says bitterly.
"Things I cannot understand" I say out loud.
"Well you see the Origin of Chaos is the representative of the Agasura King to create chaos and mischief to the world. Its very existence is questioned and thus unable to be understood and comprehended." Raavi responded.
"Though the Agasura King tempts humanity to doing his deeds for him, there are two forces that prevent him to fulfilling his demands." Corelle says
"The Leviathan and the Sorceress of Existence." The 3 of them say in unison.
"Yey, I'm the only one who can't understand this!" I shouted happily sarcastic.
My three friends gave me a weird look, I simply smiled..
"Dark Flames and Dark Tunnels?" I say "Where could that go?"
"Hmm. Dark Flames could mean a different route, while Dark Tunnels could lead any mine there is."
"There are thousands of Mines in the vicinity of Belos." I say hoping I get acknowledged in giving information.
"There aren't any mines in the vicinity of Elfa to Ves, netiher to the way of Atlantis." Raavi says "but still why would Sophia hide the first clue in the mines in Belos, it's not even gonna give us a challenge."
"Well if you happen to know, that I visited all those mines, and it comes to a dead end. Each dead end has a Seal in it, impossible to go through or even touch it." I say.
"Seal you say?" Corelle asked interestingly.
"Yeah, some sort of Red Seal with hieroglyphics of some sort, I heard some residents tried to touch it, they developed some sort of epidemic that spread in Belos once."
"Hmm. Red Seal, can you understand the hieroglyphics etch within the seal?" Raavi asked.
"Hmm.. If I remember how Rohan transcribed it is Dark – Something- Something- Beneath – something." I say trying to remember. 'Sorry that's all I got."
"That's fine Luli, you don't have to push yourself too hard." Kyiin uttered.
"That's good enough. I know where we're heading." Corelle says.
"Where?"
"Ktuka Underworld." Corelle says darkly.
"Okay and how are we getting there if we are stuck in this cave, and I am NOT swimming back up, you nearly got me killed!" Kyiin shouts exaggeratingly.
"Relax. We can go there immediately, Right Luli?" Corelle asked looking at Luli with intent.
"Eh?" Is the word I make up when everyone looks at me?
"Corelle, no, she can't, she just learned how to move a rock, she cannot tap to another space yet." Raavi says defensively.
"Try her." Corelle intently say to me.
"Corelle don't push her too hard!" Kyiin shouted grabbing Corelle's arm back
"I'm not!" Corelle shouted at the both of them.
The sight of them fighting pains me, for the past days we got together really well, I don't want to see fighting, I only want happiness, like how Cruz always makes me happy, but that's the past now. It is deemed never to happen again. It seems like now all my life is a lie, To begin with I was even a mere human, yet from that I was forbidden to know as well. From every single truth about this life I was forbidden to know. I was forced to feel happiness amidst the lies; even though it was happiness I felt for years, I was locked up by my parents in the simple town of Belos unable to comprehend the truth.
Then I thought about it, my parents. From the beginning they do they really exist? Was it all my made up illusion to deprive myself of the truth? Is it Cruz's doing? Is it Sophia's? The past, all an illusion, the reality is what I face now. Kyiin, Corelle, Raavi, they are my reality, Sophia and Cruz at the extent of my new reality, but to begin with, is this real? Or another illusion? Do we really exists? I'm tired of knowing what's real or not, I feel like Kyiin, he just walks straight forward looking for Iris without any prior knowledge of he is about to face. It's painful, It's devastating, knowing what you are supposed to know along the way.
Anger flushed through me, the feeling of agitation raged through my veins, I'm not just the Black Immortal, I'm Luli and God knows what my surname is. But I'll stand by it. This isn't going to hinder me from existing; I will continue walking, even without any destination, "I will walk!"I shouted out loud, the three people in front of me stopped arguing for a moment and looked at me.
"Then let's walk together." Corelle says calmly.
My vision again, everything is smoking black. I feel powerful and dizzy. I see fragments of places Belos, Elias, Aioch, Cherry Lake, Orca Beach, right where our tent is, a new land I've never seen before, a green patch of land with large trees and some sort of ancient civilization.
"Whoa Luli why are you?" Kyiin confused by my state asked.
"That's the state of the Black Immortal; she can control her powers now without being consumed by it." Raavi says as he taps Kyiin's shoulders. "You got a pretty nice Girlfriend."
"What!?" Kyiin shouts as his face turned red. He looked kinda cute. I smiled
"What am I supposed to do?" I asked them oblivious to what is needed to be done.
"You need to tap to another space, Ktuka Forest or Ruins it doesn't matter. " Corelle says.
I move forward toward the ancient civilization, it seems like ruins, maybe that's Ktuka Ruins. I don't know but Corelle says 'tap' so I just tap space in front of me, a jelly like ripple generated. I touched it again, this time some sort of portal opened, an ominous void appeared.
"Let's go." Corelle finally says as she went through the void. "Corelle, Wait!" Raavi shouted but it was too late she already disappear within the void.
I took a final look at the two boys left in the cave, before I jumped within the void.
Raavi's POV
*sigh*
The Girls take the measurements too early, though I have to say my intentions of helping them are not that pure, I'm sure Corelle knows that, but I came to like them, just like last time, though it was a mistake, it shouldn't happen this time again. Everytime that Sorceress shows up, chaos occurs, like that event inside the Pyramid, That trip to the Island only made me hungry, not to mention a lot of thing have been cleared out. Even Vera's incarnated, she's going to make things messier. Grr.. I hate this.
"Hey, C'mon." Kyiin said to me.
"Yeah go ahead and fight, topless, wet, and weaponless." I say.
"Oh yeah, SHIT!" He shouts but went to the portal anyway.
For a moment I hesitated to enter, but what's the point of not going? I'm just gonna miss an adventure, so stepped inside anyway.
We arrive at the Ktuka ruins, the entrance to the Ktuka Underworld just beneath us; we are in the safe ledge with some Javawalk Dragons roaming all around us.
"Okay Geniuses how are we suppose to fight in this suit huh?" I say irritated.
"Beats me, I can still use magic." Corelle ignites her hand and engulf it in flames.
"And these two?"
"Luli can use spatial magic, Kyiin can nullify, seems good to me." Corelle say as she jumps down the ledge and starts burning off the Javawalk beneath.
"I do not know what she meant." Kyiin say from behind. "I feel uncomfortable…" Kyiin begins to turn red on the realization he was half naked
Luli laughs and Corelle flies up to the ledge blood covered, on a two-piece and her hair glowing pink. Since when did that happen?
"We ain't gonna get a move one, if you guys keep slacking." She shouted at us.
"I told you, these two can't fight without their weapons." I say calmly to her. I took the key necklace from my chest and turn it in empty space; my Death MG begins to take form I took a step in it and jump in the controls. I signaled Luli and Kyiin to jump aboard, since they can fit and I don't want to forsake them to the Javawalks without any weapons to protect themselves. So we rushed and ran through the pack of Javawalk avoiding their hot fiery breath and finally enter the Ktuka Underworld, going beneath we will arrive at Cold Heart but without the Durendal with us going there is useless, So we head straight jumping in ledges and arriving a black gate with a hannukah-star like red pulsing seal. With Hieroglyphics etch the edge of the rune.
"Forgot how to break the seal Raavi?" Corelle says as she sat on the arm of my Death MG.
"I did, sorry." I say apologetically smiling.
"The hell with seals" Luli says as she steps down and touches the seal the black smoke emanating from her pulse through the seal and back. Then it broke and the gates swung open. Luli looked at us, amazement etch on her face on what she has done. "Well done." I say clapping my hands
"Anyone know who is behind this gate?" Corelle asked sarcastically
"Coa right?" Luli muttered silently.
"Exactly, Coa. The very chief of the Tribal goons that conquered the Ktuka Jungle Ruins, lies within the Heart of Ktuka that stands before us now. Searching for eternal life, she has trapped herself in an instance dungeon, forever to reincarnate when killed. The seal similar to the Dark Moon Castle's seal to where Dark Moon Princess lay, however unable to give herself full potential to conquer the world she seeks to destroy her own seal and taking the attributes of the instance dungeon to coincide with the world."Corelle picks up a lava rock and threw it inside.
"So she wants the entire world to be her instance dungeon?" Kyiin hesitantly asked.
"Exactly."
"Then why does Sophia wanted us to fight her, aside from giving her more entertainment." Kyiin boldly asked from behind.
"Because the Agasura King gave her the powers she has now, she is one of the henchmen of the Origin of Chaos. Unlike any other instance monsters that can't be talked to, she is a human form of a demon, thereby capable of making alliances." Corelle says with great precision to her information "and she is the reason why the seekers cannot go to Ves."
The three of us kept silent for a while after he last words echo in the air. A few moments later I walked toward the gate, they followed the view that overlooked and surprised us was a huge room with Lava on the floor, A lot of tribal warrior roaming around, atop everything, sat Coa in her overly decorated chair filled with skulls and bones and charms and trinkets.
Without hesitation, and as half naked as we are, we rushed toward her.
Corelle's POV
I really don't care what I wear in battle, with armor or not, it doesn't make a difference, I don't care if I'm half naked in battle, what are the opponents gonna do to me? Rape me? That is if they even have a chance to even touch me. We need to keep this short; I don't want Raavi to go nuts over being half naked. Kyiin is getting shy at all that, and I don't need a shy battler on the field, Luli seems fine though… Focus. Annihilate. Destroy.
We sprang into action, Coa immediately knew of our intrusion. She stood and fire dance and engulfed her within, Vines sprout from nowhere, and it wraps the four of us up and dangled us above of the lava underneath.
"Foolish Weak Creatures" Coa snarled her voice composed of a man and a woman, creepy but scary, Nonetheless stupid.
"Forgive us for intruding your lair, but I have an errand to run." I say courageously.
Coa looked at me with intent "Do tell, brave youngster."
"Delivering your soul to Leviathan."
The vines have been cut a roar was heard, the ground shook and the ground where the Tribal warriors stand collapsed and they all fell to the Lava pit. I remove the vines around me and Spread my Peach colored wings. I flew and grabbed Luli and Kyiin first lowered them to a safe ledge.
"Where's Raavi?" Kyiin asked worriedly. "Don't mind him, he's fine." I say as I turn my attention to Coa.
She stands disappointed the loss of her dozens of warriors, more irritated by our intrusion.
"Come and Face me Adventurers, Face thy death!" Coa shouted in rage.
Luli now emitting black smoke raised her hand toward Coa and immediately Coa's chair and staff cease to exist. Coa enraged started performing spells a few lightning struck the ground, fire burst from air, and the Lava underneath moves upward threatening to engulf us within.
A sudden burst or violet runes, the surroundings cease to move, the lightning and fire moving stop and the Lava begins to subside. Ahh, Kyiin's Null has activated again.
Luli looked at the Lava below and it drains away slowly, until it becomes nonexistent. The ground becomes a black burn rock.
"Binding Seal of Earth, Put my Enemy to its knee!" I shouted as a green seal emits from the ground Coa stands, and Vine entangles her feet. "So long!" I shouted as a huge Fireball emerged from my hand nearly ready to be released. As the ground once again tremble, My fireball disappeared. In the distance, I see Raavi laid in his back. His arm was bleeding. Without hesitation to even finish what I started I rushed toward him and check on his wounds. I'm sure Luli and Kyiin will finish the job I have left.
The earth crack open, from it, a massive black cephalopod tentacles appeared, the roar echoed through the cave, Shocked by the sight there wasn't anything I could do but watch, as it entangles its tentacles to Coa and dragged her toward the bottom, where its mouth appeared pure black teeth, as Coa screams in agony as she is lowered toward the mouth of the monster.
"Raavi!" I slap Raavi trying to rouse him up. He refuses to wake up, the monstrosity was about to swallow Coa when Sophia appeared beside it, "Existence I forbid thee" Sophia silently said, but her words echoed through the cave as Coa herself fade away, the monstrosity retracts and the ground is again reformed.
"Such Brilliance you guys have shown. But it almost cost me everything." Sophia said to me specifically.
"As I promised, here" a piece of parchment flew to Luli's hand and Sophia turns her back.
"Oh and by the way, you guys look great in those swimming outfits." She says and disappears. For the first time a criticism like that had me accidentally blush red, then Kyiin pokes my cheek.
"Corelle is blushing" Kyiin continues to sing.
"SHUT UP!" I shouted chasing him around as Luli knelt and tap the surface of an empty space.
"Back to the tent then?" Luli says happily. "I need to fix Raavi up.
We both jumped into the portal and we end up in the Orca beach where we settled the last time.
"Luli you are getting good at space tapping." I praise her, she just smiles and plays her guitar and Raavi's wound heals up on its own.
"What could've happened to him back there?" Kyiin asked.
"I don't know but let's hope he's okay." I say worriedly. Wait is this even me?
"I'm always okay, doll face." Raavi says opening one of his eyes and looking at me.
I slap him." Thanks for making me worried you asshole."
"Ouch, you slap me twice now." I ignored him and left the tent and get some fresh air.
I put on my usual clothing, this time I used simepl white polo with a ribbon, an overlying belt with a wing –crested buckle and short black skirt, Simple but dashing.
Kyiin went out of the tent, "I've been meaning to ask, what the deal with your necklace?"
"Oh." I begin, "Well you know that a new seeker starts his/her journey when the last dies right?" He nodded and listens to me intently. "And you know I'm the fifth seeker right?" I believe I said enough.
"So this body of yours is held stable by that necklace?" He confusingly asked.
"Yes." That's all my answer is, I do not need to further expound the concept, it will only lead me to telling my miserable story, a burden only I have to carry.
"Ready for our next destination?" Raavi got out of the tent and happily asked.
"And where would that be?" Kyiin asked as he kicks a rock to the shallows.
"We're going back to Elfa, and facing the Kraken." He says happily.
"Wait is that, that thing that almost ate Coa?" Kyiin confusingly asked.
"I don't think so, the Kraken is an octopus, and its mouth is usually away from its tentacles, what we saw was something squid-like.
"Why are we doing that exactly?" I questioned.
"The Parchment" he says as he hands me piece of torn paper. 'beneath the sea it approaches, whilst the waves echo back, Eternally waiting for thy cause."
"Sophia's riddles are dumb." I say out loud, I'm pretty sure Sophia heard that.
We fix up our little place and get set for travel, though we'll just go back to Elfa anyway. The merchant selling the tickets for the Phantom ship isn't cooperating, he wants us to answer his riddle and bring forth what he wants rather than we just pay him and go.
'among the travels creek, Is a place where all adventurers' terror reek, where the mountains crumble, and rock back and forth, as the waves move toward its port.' This day is filled with riddles and this one is just disgusting.
"What a pervert!" Raavi shouted, finally someone understood the riddle enough to say it.
"What are we supposed to do? Kidnap her?" Raavi shouted at the merchant, the merchant waved the tickets and put them back in his pocket.
"I'll do it." I say
"Wait what does he want?" Luli asked halting my motion.
"Calamity Jane." I say.
"A girl?!" Luli sounded shocked.
"And you're planning to take her to him?" Kyiin says to me.
"No, I never said that."
"Then what are you planning to do?" Luli asked me worriedly.
"This." I extended my arm toward the merchant, formed a fist and Earth shaped fist emerged from my hand and hit the merchant, it flung the merchant toward his stall and destroyed his stand, the tickets slowly drifted down, and I caught them in my hand. "So shall we go?"
"Though I don't normally agree with your methods Corelle, I should say he deserves it." Raavi says before I burned the tickets and the four of us were immediately teleported to a ghastly ship, this was the ship that will collide with the Phantom Ship, I'm sure when we get there, Luli can tap the space to directly lead us the Kraken. I don't like making long walks and the path there is a maze, there isn't a guaranteed path to go through.
"So what now?" Kyiin asked silently.
"We wait." I say firmly looking out to the horizon. A few hours past, we still haven't crash with the ship; there isn't much to do either. So we just sat on the deck and talk about stuff. We explain to Luli what the Origins of Sin are, and the two Abysses present in this world. Then the topic went to me.
"Corelle who is your Origin of Sin?" Kyiin asked me. I don't know how to answer, I just sat there frozen without any answer, what shall I answer with, the truth? a lie? Of course I'll answer the truth about who killed me, but if I detail the events further there isn't much to know afterwards.
"Dark Moon Princess." I say silently. The three of them inched closer to me. As if trying to says, 'tell us' I hate it. They infuriate me.
"Well" I started. "It started at Elfa, my parents told me to go on a quest. When I return there where two hooded figures, 'm pretty sure that's Luli and her brother, a group of tyrants barged to the defenses of Elfa, the started a fire and killed many Elfen people. The hooded figure gave me two items, a necklace." I say as I reveal my yellow gemmed necklace as I continue my story. "And a small dagger, with that dagger I slew many tyrants, and faced their leader. None other than Chon Palm, just like Coa she is a pawn of the Origin of Chaos; she is behind the war between Dark Moon Castle and the Owl Castle. On that day, Chon Palm marked me." I say showing them a small seal of Agasura same to that of Coa's seal in my right leg. "It was a symbol that I was destined to die sooner or later. She and her goons left Elfa, from then on my journey started I didn't care for Iris, I knew I was a seeker by then but my goals remained fixed, kill Chon Palm and avenge the death of all the people I know." I say with an eerie tone.
"I can't really tell you by detail everything that happened during that time, but I'll save you the effort of thinking how did the fourth seeker and me met. It was actually a stormy night, Raavi and I just got a nice place to settle." I say waiting for any of the two of them react.
"I thought you said Raavi was in the fourth's party?" Kyiin said to me, looks like my lies have been sighted.
"Well technically, he is the Fourth's remember my party and hers coincided." I say nerviously, Raavi seems to just nod and waver the questions.
"Anyway it was in the outskirts of Aioch, there was white portal up ahead and Phy stumbled down, she was alone, bloodied and feverish, Raavi and I took care of her for weeks, she is downright lazy…" I rolled my eyes. And Raavi laughs.
"After a while we went inside the Dark Moon of 16th Day and battled Dark Moon Princess,I was oblivious she was the Origin for me. She joined our party for quite some time, and lead us to Atlantis, Phy told me all bout the roles of the seekers, but I remain ignorant, only wanting to slay Chon Palm. Dark Moon Princess heard me and disliked it. She immediately left our party and let us chase her down to Kaimara Research Laboratory , oblivious to the trap awaiting us. Vera and I were captured; God knows what happened to you." I looked intently at Raavi. "And the Sin consumed us, Phy turned lazy and slothful, almost lost of hope, she only knows despair, while I remain ignorant and arrogant as always. The experiment was carried upon, Chon Palm took us from our cells and finally we met our death, but at that moment, my necklace took my soul. I don't know why but it just did, I might have died, I was disposed-" I say interrupted by the crash of our puny ship to the Phantom Ship.
"Okay let's go." I say an boarding the Phantom Ship,
"But the story isn't finished." Kyiin says like a child, I forgot he never grew up.
Raavi laughed "Maybe some other time 6th seeker, we still have plenty of time."
Kyiin sighed in defeat as Raavi pats his head. "Let's get a move on, we can't go further, Skeletons will spawn."
"Luli has to tap our way directly." I say frimly.
"Stop it guys, you are asking too much from her!" Kyiin shouted at us.
I shrug "Can't help abusing the power of the Black Immortal."
"No, Kyiin, it's fine." Luli says calmly as she take a step up front and tap the space. In front of her. The portal slowly forms, but the portal won't hold, it keeps closing, Luli clenched her fist. "don't strain yourself." I say out of worry.
"1 more." She says. And at her last touch at space, a portal opened. More like a sucking Black hole, it suck whatever flies into it. It might be advanced Spatial magic but it's dangerous, how did Luli manage to perform this immediately. Oh yeah right she can already do this, she just forgotten how.
We were all sucked towards the portal, we landed on the Captain's cabin. Of course before the Kraken, we need to face, the Ghastly remains of Capt. Johnny, the name is stupid but he's powerful, though the name kinds of destroy it. The room was misty, the sky was dark, not a single star or cloud, the atmosphere was dark and eerie, horrifying and ugly.
We moved forward. Capt Johnny clearly doesn't like intrusion, but as I tried to reach him first and hit him, Raavi flew down with his Death MG and suddenly dark Spikes protrude from the ground and impale Capt. Johnny, then he just vanished, "What?" Raavi says happily as he turned towards me.
"Nothing. Let's go." I say and head out the back. The Kraken was there already, normally it would still conquer the ship, its tentacles already hovering above us. I took a step back. The others raced toward me but halted as we look to its massive tentacle raised above us.
"It's coming down." Kyiin says and we dived toward the wooden floor avoiding the tentacle as it crashes where we once stood, I spread my wings and flew directly at the Kraken, but I caught me with one if its tentacles, I charged a fireball at my hand, but when I unleashed it, and the smoke cleared the Kraken doesn't even seem to be fazed. "What the Hell?" The kraken spitted ink on my face, only this was acidic, I screamed the pain of burning my skin. The last thing I remember is hearing my friends shout my name as the Kraken ate me.
Kyiin's POV
"CORELLE!" I shouted desperately as the Kraken swallowed her whole. I can't do anything. I just ran toward the Kraken only to flipped back, it hung Luli upside down and spitted ink on her. She Screams "LULI!" I just shouted trying to reach her, I'm useless, I don't have any ranged skills. I just watch her scream as Kraken swallowed her too.
An unconscious Raavi was also being lifted by Kraken. I ran as fast as I can an finally got near enough for a punch, but my punch just pulsed through and back to me, sending me the far wall, Kraken lifted me after upside down held at my feet, and made me watch it eat Raavi as well.
It roar in front of me, but that can't be I didn't open its mouth this time. This is it, I'm going to die, and what's the point of continuing my only friends are gone. I just gave up the struggle and hung completely still, waiting for it to swallow me.
Something roared, more furiously. I opened my eyes, the mist of the surroundings was cleared, still no stars or clouds. The horrifying atmosphere is still present. Sophia and Cruz appeared atop the Kraken, the Kraken stopped moving, even for breathing.
"I never thought it was going to be this easy." Sophia muttered, large black tentacles rose from the water, is it the Kraken, no, the Kraken is red. Then to which does those tentacles belong.
"Leviathan." Sophia stated firmly.
"The Abyssal monstrosity that drags sinful figures down?" I shouted.
"More or less." Sophia said. "Dear White Immortal, care to rescue them?" The little green-haired kid only nodded and clasps his hands together, white light escaping from it.
"Sixth seeker.." Cruz said in a very young male voice. Leviathan's tentacles rose a feet more as the other tentacles wrap around the ship, along with the Kraken. "Take care of my sister." Cruz continued as the Leviathan drags us down to the ocean and that white light burst out to the sky.
I awoke in the beach in Elfa right where we used to make camp before we left. Luli, Raavi and Corelle were right beside me. I don't know if that's a dream or not, but I can't help but feel resilient after what happened, if ever it did happen.
Beside me a small box in a wrapper with ribbons, like one of those presents during Christmas, inside it a very small vial, with a letter.
'The Azure Chasm lies within the Heart of the place where the first sinner was eternally punished'
Odd, again Sophia and her riddles, though it definitely leads to a place, and that's where we could find the Azure Chasm maybe to obtain the Nostrum of the Azure Chasm, we need to fill this vial with whatever is within the Azure Chasm.
"…mmm… Where next Kyiin?" I looked toward the person who spoke a sleeping Luli again. I smiled
I lay still, trying to sleep beside my only friends, whatever that is a dream or reality, I won't allow it to happen again, I will keep this party safe no matter what.
I fell to sleep eventually. I guess a few hours later. The tides come in because I feel water beneath my feet. Then suddenly a huge wave gushed through us AGAIN.
"AWWWWW!" we shouted in unison.
Thanks for reading to the end guys, I really appreciate it.
TYPOS, TYPOS EVERYWHERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'll just apologize deeply for the delay... it's like months since i updated... sorry..
I'll continue working here and the new fic i just did... But i will update not quite soon too... Lv 50 cap on Dragon nest is to be released, and I need time for leveling... xD
Added lot of Stuff: such as the Origin of Chaos, Nostrum of the Azure Chasm, Leviathan... that still unites with the Mischievous Sorceress of Existence.
If you figured some of the stuff out and want to clarify it, feel free to message me. Seriously i need someone to talk to. :P
The Story references Evilious Chronicles a lot... you check it out too... it's a group of Vocaloid songs linked together to form one big plot... the Seven Sins is involved, just like here.. xD
So to clarify
Symphony-Envy, 2nd-?, Malice - Gluttony, Phy - Sloth, Corelle - Pride, Kyiin -Greed, 7th-?, only Lust and Wrath left...
Sophia - Sorceress of Existence, Cruz - White Immortal, Luli - Black Immortal, Raavi - Dark Moon's Engineer (Or is it?) Went out of the Scenario timeline for a bit. just to pass the instances that aren't within the scenarios. So as a spoiler, i'll give you a hint to the answer to the very last riddle, 'it's a lv 100+ area... xD'
lately added: i don't know how to name people from cities, so from Elfa, i named them Elfen...
Next Chappie: An Oddly Cursed Island.